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Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio ( Latin American Spanish: [ˈklawðjo piˈsaro]; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently serving as club ambassador for Bayern Munich. He was captain of Peru's national football team, being its fifth highest scorer. [5] .
Claudio Pizarro former footballer from Peru Centre-Forward last club: SV Werder Bremen * Oct 3, 1978 in Callao, Peru.
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- 12 September, 1999: 1st Bundesliga goal. When Pizarro arrived at Bremen in 1999 from Allianz Lima in his native Peru, no-one - not even the man himself - could have imagined the outrageous success and longevity he would enjoy over 20 seasons in Germany.
- 19 September, 1999: 1st Bundesliga hat-trick. Playing in an ultra-attacking Bremen side under Thomas Schaaf and alongside the likes of Ailton and Marco Bode, Pizarro very quickly flourished.
- 12 May, 2001: Caps most prolific Bundesliga season. It's tough to pick out one goal from nearly 200 in the top flight, but an early significant one came in Cologne - where he would spend the 2017/18 season - late in the 2000/01 campaign.
- 9 November, 2002: Wins Der Klassiker as Bayern do the double. The first of two spells over nine years at Bayern started strongly. Borussia Dortmund had won the title in Pizarro's first season in Bavaria, but the South American tandem of the Peruvian and Brazil international Giovane Elber fired Bayern to a league-DFB Cup double in 2002/03.
Aug 9, 2023 · A Bundesliga legend quite like no other: the one and only Claudio Pizarro graced the hallowed turf in Germany for the final time in June 2020, hanging up his boots at the age of 41 and leaving a...
Jun 20, 2020 · The 41-year-old Peruvian legend could certainly have wished to bow out on a less stressful note than the scrap for survival he is currently enmeshed in with his beloved Werder Bremen. Be that as ...
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Nov 12, 2022 · Claudio Pizarro is an institution in himself in Peruvian football. As a former Peru captain and the fifth-highest international goalscorer in Peruvian history, Pizarro is one of Peru’s...
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Sep 16, 2020 · The Peruvian legend returns to Munich after 20 years of playing in the Bundesliga. He talks about his new role, his career achievements and the treble-winning season of 2020.
